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"Darlin" planning a new home in the octagonal shape. LVF wonders if it is folly to think of it with bacon 50 a pound, flour $15 a barrel and calico $1 per yard. No provisons for travellers in Chattanooga. A clipping in the diary from the October...

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the school boys next. We marched up
then down to the Court house, where Van Gammon presented the flag
to Mr. St. John. The then made a short speech. After which they raised
the flag. The school girls sang Dixie Land & then we had...

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at least there was'nt any
boys that we cared for. All that was there were to big a coward to
volunteer and the girls about here don't care much for such as they. OH
I would given most anything if you had been there and George,...

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parting without my
causing you any unnecessary sadness. We were mustered into service yesterday evening and are now finely
in for it.. I have not been down into Knoxville yet, so I can't tell you anything concerning it. I will...

Minute book of the John Ingram Bivouac, including rules of order, a check to Daniel W. Emmett by the organization for their appreciation to the author of "Dixie," and various notes including "The Colored Brothers Song" and a list of veterans'...

This Prussian Model 1809 Musket was converted to percussion some time after 1839. Several thousand Prussian muskets were imported during the war by both sides. Some Prussian muskets were issued to Ohio troops early in the war. Most Prussian muskets...

Nannie can hear the groans of soldier from a nearby Federal hospital. Sick & wounded are no longer enemies. Mrs. Sears of Hopkinsville stopped for a visit going South to visit her husband, who had to leave Hopkinsville because of his Southern...

The entry is written just after the Confederate loss at the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864. However, Nannie writes as if it was a victory for Hood based on reports that they have received in Clarksville. She also noted the slight wounding...

Several speeches were delivered to the Negroes at their last celebration. One was from Col. Smith and another was from Jim Read. Nannie writes of a saying going around about green, black, lime & sassafras tea. It ends with "But I love Liber-ty."...

Several speeches were delivered to the Negroes at their last celebration. One was from Col. Smith and another was from Jim Read. Nannie writes of a saying going around about green, black, lime & sassafras tea. It ends with "But I love Liber-ty."...

Handwritten entry for the date, covering parts of one page of this small volume representing the Civil War diary of Rachel Carter Craighead. Craighead relates a visit from the 69th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that reported from Camp Chase to...

Handwritten entry from Rachel Carter Craighead's Civil War diary. Craighead notes the two-year anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter that touched off the war, as well as the April 1863 unsuccessful Federal effort to retake the fort. Mentioned...

Song sheet for the United Confederate Veterans reunion in Chattanooga, Tennessee, October 25-27, 1921. Song lyrics include "Dixie," "Maryland, my Maryland," "Old Black Joe," "The Bonnie Blue Flag," "The Old Folks at Home," "We're Tenting Tonight,"...